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American Journal of Epidemiology 2005 161(3):298-299; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi037
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Copyright © 2005 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Human Genome Epidemiology: A Scientific Foundation for Using Genetic Information to Improve Health and Prevent Disease

Terri H. Beaty

Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205

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Edited by Muin J. Khoury, Julian Little, and Wylie Burke

ISBN 0-19-514674-3, Oxford University Press, New York, New York (Telephone: 800-451-7556, Fax: 919-677-1303, E-mail: cusserv.us@oup.com, Website: http://www.oup.com/), 2003, 576 pp., $65.00 (hardcover)

In recent years, there has been considerable interest in the Human Genome Project and a fair amount of hyperbole about its potential applications in biology and medicine. The completion of the first draft of the human genome in 2001 did mark the legitimate beginning of a new scientific era, one in which the wealth of sequence information on the human genome (as well as the genomes of other species) must be incorporated into many (if not all) areas of biologic research. However, in disciplines using solely observational studies of humans, it remains a significant challenge to identify the best . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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